Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	bishop_n	church_n	rome_n	9,289	5	7.3911	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53493	Politicall reflections upon the government of the Turks ... by the author of the late Advice to a son.	Osborne, Francis, 1593-1659.	1656 (1656)	Wing O518; ESTC R23027	74,574	208

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